“The Justice Center” is a three-story building that previously stood – and we hope still stands – at 636 Baronne Street in New Orleans. It has served the Louisiana’s indigent community for over a decade. It
houses four not-for-profit criminal justice organizations, three of which are attempting to set up temporary shop in Houston, Texas.
Those organizations are:
• LOUISIANA CAPITAL ASSISTANCE CENTER,
a non-profit death penalty trial
office
representing clients in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas;
• A FIGHTING CHANCE,
a non-profit organization of capital defense investigators;
• INNOCENCE PROJECT NEW ORLEANS,
a non-profit law office fighting to exonerate
the wrongfully convicted.
They have lost most of the office equipment and personal belongings. "In many cases we were able to escape with little more than the clothes on our backs. We need help establishing a temporary office in Houston, so that we can continue to represent our clients. Many of our clients have trial dates and post-conviction filing deadlines pending and we must be able to resume work as quickly as possible in order to protect their interests. In addition, our staff, who have dedicated themselves to serving the indigent community for many years, now find themselves in need of assistance."
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(Suggested by Paul Whitehurst)
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